Test 15 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b…

So the Monkey's last words were "I got what I deserved," yeah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: last words, I, Monkey · What happens: be, deserve, word

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 393 «Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a bird begs for its life, a Cock argues, and many short animal tales follow» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	10 got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Monkey	det
3	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Monkey	case
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 got	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 got	cop
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 got	obj
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 deserved	nsubj
13	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 what	acl:relcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 yeah	punct
16	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	10 got	discourse
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the Monkey's last words	get property	tree rules
2	deserve in a quote	past	I		tree rules
3	word		the Monkey		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Yep, he was sorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 sorry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sorry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sorry	cop
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					sorry property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he thought he'd caught a fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 caught	nsubj:pass
6	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 caught	aux
7	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 thought	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fish	det
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	catch	past · perfect · passive		he					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary fish=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, he thought he'd never had a go at nets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 had	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 had	advmod
8	had	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 thought	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 go	det
10	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 nets	case
12	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not have	would	he	a go		nets			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent go=Patient

Option 4

Yep, he thought he'd never tried nets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tried	nsubj
6	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tried	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 tried	advmod
8	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 thought	ccomp
9	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not try	past · perfect	he	nets					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Eventuality

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